MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	24.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	74.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7693
Motherboard	MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160108
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '17 at 08:54
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.35 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	62.4% Good	Memory 88.6 1-Core 56.5 2-Core 111 55% 85.3 Pts	4-Core 198 8-Core 334 32% 266 Pts	64-Core 328 20% 328 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B E344) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	24.5% Poor	Lighting 29.2 Reflection 32.5 Parallax 34.8 24% 32.2 fps	MRender 31.2 Gravity 27.2 Splatting 34.9 26% 31.1 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7114 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1857 (B1) Unknown 94 94 186 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 54 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 169 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21820831007	74.3% Very good	Read 498 Write 339 Mixed 399 91% 412 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 56.6 4K Mixed 19.4 94% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 57.5 62% 104 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 110%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 10GB free Firmware: 526ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5078070 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 -26079041411278 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2630 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 321 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 48 64427655197 (C2) HDA temperature 29 48 64427655197 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5078070 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5078070 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5078070 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11885 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9690 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9690 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7886	66.4% Good	Read 488 Write 204 Mixed 248 69% 314 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 56.7 4K Mixed 18.8 95% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 62.5 68% 115 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 87%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 595GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 2308 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1300 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1635 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 555 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2945 (C2) HDA temperature 108 92 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	87.1% Excellent	Read 161 Write 143 Mixed 143 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 0.29 104% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Apacer AP38G1608U2K 2x4GB 197 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	51.4% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 18.8 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 12.4 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 63%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 16%

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Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 (MS-7693) - $72

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	221x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	99x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	77x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	53x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	28x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	28x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	21x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	13x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	14x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	13x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	12x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16